Angora Giveaway
Welcome to another Giveaway during Alpaca Bunny Smackdown week! This Giveaway is donated by Lynn (@Sheepmama) whose beloved bunny, Nougat, donated the fiber for this week’s contest with the alpaca.
This Giveaway is for 1/2 oz. angora fiber from Nougat! It is super soft and lustrous. Lynn took the above photo of it from her iPhone. In fact she tells me she does everything, blogging, tweeting, etc. from her phone rather than a computer. Amazing. Remember when phones had to be dialed? …feeling old. Back to the giveaway.
To enter, leave a comment telling us what you would do with this lovely bit o’ fluff from our hero, Nougat bunny. For an extra entry, you may tweet about the giveaway once a day. Use #AlpacaBunnySmackdown in your tweet. You may also blog about it for an additional entry. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Contest closes at midnight on Friday, August 7th (CST). Good Luck!
August 5th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I have never spun angora before. So I would be trying to spin it up as it is or I might mix th with some alpaca or cormo to spin it with.
And I RT-ed as knitplaywithfir
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August 5th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Awwww…. Bunny fluff.
I truly am in the bunny camp of this smackdown. There are few things cutter in this world than a little bundle of bunny love.
Nougat was very kind in donating such lovely fur. I think it would be beautiful mixed with some cashmere and spun into a golden thread.
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August 5th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Wow I would love to spin this little bit o’ bun all by itself. Just to see those colors blend together! But I am also so impressed with the photo that I might seriously need to get an IPhone!!
August 5th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Bun-Bun fluff? What would I do with it? Why I would pet it, and love it and call it George, oh yes I would.
I would totally keep it away from the Pigs so they wouldn’t get their rotten Pig Kid snot on it that’s for darn sure!!!
Holly B filled with Snot´s last blog ..Briar Rose Fibers…PRIZES!!!
August 5th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Ooooh! That looks so yummy! I might just have to smear it all over my… oh! Sorry!
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August 5th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Well, first I would have to find someone to spin it for me! Then, I would use the lovely angora as an inside layer for soft, warm earwarmer headbands! Love angora!
Tricia/LazyTcrochet´s last blog ..Cleveland Rocks!
August 5th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Just might try my hand at spinning. Luv working with Angora to knit and might just make another sweater for my Yorkie Ginger with a bit of angora fluff here and there. She loves her sweaters in our NE Ohio winters.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Ha don’t let the photo fool you; the iPhone camera is awful!
Recently my boys saw a phone with a cord in an office and asked me what it was!
When I was a kid we had rotary on a party line!
August 5th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Excitement is mounting! Beautiful, beautiful!
August 5th, 2009 at 10:41 am
spin it! and knit it into something with the fleece I spun from my Hope
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August 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Tweeted
#alpacabunnysmackdown. Only supposed to be 96 here today. The bunny fiber makes me think of cool, crisp evenings. Better turn the AC off, feel almost cold–it’s a refreshing thought–want my bunny.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I wish I may, I wish I might spin this beautiful angora tonight! Oh, what a wonderful day it would be to have the lovely angora to spin along with my gorgeous suri. I have wanted to blend angora with my suri since I first felt angora. I have the perfect suri fleece to blend it with too.
Fingers crossed! I am going to blog about this new obsession now to get another entry!
August 5th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Entry number two: Blogging about the Bunny!
http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/2009/08/little-bunny-fluff-fluff.html
August 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Ohhhh, it looks beeyooooteefull. I’d spin it by itself so as not to dilute it’s gorgeous-ness, but then probably ply it with a complimentary solid color, so as to make the angora go as far as possible.
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August 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I want, I want–all of it…. Posting a tweet so all can see and (sob) compete with me.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
It looks soooooo soft-would love to spin it By itself just to see what happens-maybe enough for some mittens for the cold Wisconsin winters
kathi-fiberdance´s last blog ..yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full…….
August 6th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Oh yum…there is NOTHING like the color of a red rabbit, especially a Satin..and Angora? Dear.
I’d spin this fine and ply with a glittery golden thread, then knit into a lovely little neckpiece that will halo like mad…so soft and warm and GORGEOUS!
To stretch, one could always spin it finer, then threeply with the thread and a ply of alpaca…
August 6th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I love both angora and alpaca. I’ve spun alpaca but not angora and I ‘d love to try it. Pick me, pick me, please pick me!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I would LOVE to blend this angora with hair I’m saving from Lucy’s brush. My Lucy is a med/long hair deep[almost blk]chocolate cat, and I’m saving all the discarded hair from her brush. Going to card it soon, for spinning [drop spindle] and would LOVE to blend some of Nougat’s in with hers. I’m looking to knit a lace scarf with it one day soon.
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August 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
What a quaint fluff. I would use my hand spindle to spin it up, leave it with its natural colors, and use it in an art piece of some type!
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August 6th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I tweeted this morning:
wonderwhygal Oh, AlpacaFarmgirl why do you taunt me so? I want that angora to spin! #AlpacaBunnySmackdownabout 14 hours ago from web
August 6th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I tweeted yesterday and forgot to post:
wonderwhygalI want to win some angora to spin with my alpaca! #AlpacaBunnySmackdown Don’t believe me? Then visit the alpacafarmgirl.com!1:07 PM Aug 5th from web
August 6th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Oh, Goodness, you created a monster.
Another reference to the smackdown.
http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/2009/08/fluffy-fluff-dreams.html
August 6th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I would spin a lace weight just by itself and knit myself a little bracelet with it.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
so cute my mom is a new spinner so if I won I would give it to her so she can see what great fiber is like.
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August 7th, 2009 at 4:50 am
I make grandbabies blankets, hats, etc., and then needle felt a bunny with the same fiber. They love it.
Lorie,
A Fuzzy Farm
afuzzyfarm@yahoo.com
August 7th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
What a great spotlight for two wonderful fibers! I would blend Nougat’s lovely fiber with 1/4 ounce super crimpy Huacaya fiber in similar color and 1/4 ounce tussah silk roving…then knit a very open pattern scarf. Floaty, dreamy, absolutely luxurious! Thanks for the fun blog!
August 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Thanks to all who entered the Angora Giveaway! Random.com chose the winner – entry number 10-Dawn! Woot! Congratulations.
You really are going to be spinning now. I’ll get Hope’s fleece to you and you can blend!